First off, chicken teriyaki, pork fried rice, crab rangoon & low mein are NOT Chinese food. Second, once you actually eat Chinese food you simply can't stomach the swill that we get at typical "Chinese" places in the US. This year, my friends and I will be enjoying some Guizhou dishes here: http://www.thebeijinger.com/directory/Da-Gui

Ah yes Pan Asia AKA Rainbow Dragon from the OFS people, great crab rangoon! The service has dwindled thru the years as they have been cited for serving minors, and even served a baby once (totally the parents fault but called for a good media frenzy), but with those violations they had to fire their best bartenders =(In Response to Re: Your favorite Chinese food in the Boston area?:

Pan Asia in S. Boston. The best Crab Rangoon ever!!! And their scorpion bowls are not so bad either.Posted by marysmom

Mary Chungs on Mass Ave, Cambridge. Been a favorite for over two decades. I always will make the 45 minute trip for Suan la Chow Show and Dun Dun Noodles... oh, and some Spicy Greenbeans. Posted by TractorGirl

i ate there recently and thought it was awful. definitely past its prime. I would avoid this place.

In Newton: Mandarin Cuisine on the Newton/Needham border on Needham street can't be beat!

In Framingham: Lotus Flower. It looks like a cocktail lounge from outside, but inside is Chinese food that is easily three cuts above most Chinese food. The Plum Duck is to die for, and they have a beautiful buffet that is NOT cut-quality buffet food.

In Cambridge: Changsho! It is part of the same restaurant family as Lotus Flower, and I don't think they do a buffet but otherwise the quality is also superior!

Bunch of silly answers. I guess you can't argue with someone saying their local hole in the wall or overpriced trek is their favorite, but places like Bernard's, Kowloon, blah, blah are mediocre at best.

Every meal I've eaten at all four of these restaurants has always been good if not excellent. I definitely recommend the ribs at Chinatown and Golden Temple. The Chilean Sea Bass at Bernard's is excellent (along with pretty much everything else). The General Tsao's Shrimp at CK Shanghai is not to be missed!